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Sunan Ibn Majah
كتاب العتق
The Chapters on Manumission (of Slaves)
" أَنْفَسُهَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِهَا وَأَغْلاَهَا ثَمَنًا "
“I said: 'O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), which slave is best?' He said: ‘The one who is most precious to his master and most valuable in price.' ”
More from The Chapters on Manumission (of Slaves)
Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 2519
“Any slave who has made a contract to buy his freedom for one hundread Uqiyyah and pays it all except ten Uqiyyah; he is still a slave.” (One Uqiyyah is equal…
- Hadith 2528
“Whoever frees his share of a slave, the price of the slave should be fairly evaluated, and he (the partner who initiated this process) should free him (in…
- Hadith 2525
“Whoever becomes the master of a Mahram relative, he becomes free.”
- Hadith 2522
I said to Ka'b bin Murrah, tell us a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but be careful. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Whoever frees a…
- Hadith 2526
“Umm Salamah freed me but stipulated that I should serve the Prophet (ﷺ) as long he lived.”
- Hadith 2518
the warrior in the path of Allah, the mukatab seeking to fulfill (his manumission debt), and the one getting married seeking chastity."